The Transport Alliance for Clean Air is a group of companies and associations from the transport and mobility space that share a common vision for clean air in the EU.
Its members are Acciona, CONEBI, Cycling Industry Europe, Decathlon, Micromobility for Europe, Kunak, Ingka IKEA, Inter IKEA, MaaS Alliance, OPUS RSE, Tallano, Transdev, and Uber. T&E helps to coordinate the alliance's policy work.
Air pollution remains a major environmental threat to human health and is bad for Europe’s economy as it is estimated to cost Europe 15 billion EUR every year in lost working days alone. The alliance believes that the private sector should be at the forefront of action to tackle toxic pollution, by helping authorities to strengthen controls over transport emissions and providing low- and zero-emission technologies, goods, and services. The alliance stands ready to support and help shape a European policy framework that is fit for purpose to support the EU’s vision towards Zero Air Pollution by 2050.
More precisely, the alliance believes that more ambitious legislation on air quality is needed at EU level. The alliance therefore asks EU policy makers to promote the uptake of zero-emission and sustainable mobility solutions, such as active, shared and micro mobility as well as public transport, particularly in urban areas. This is crucial to reduce dependency on private vehicle ownership and use - as these mobility modes are cleaner in addition to being more efficient both in the energy consumed, space occupied and consequently increase livability in cities. European Commission initiatives should be consistent in pushing for these sustainable solutions across all sectors e.g. encouraging switch from privately owned cars to alternative solutions to increase resource and urban space efficiency.
There is also a need for better monitoring and measurement of air pollution in order to better assess air quality and to provide adequate and accurate information to citizens on health risks, including monitoring of real emissions from road transport.
Clear guidance needs to be provided to investors, and that is moving away from focusing EU funding on car-centric road transport and instead giving greater incentives towards sustainable modes and shared mobility.
Finally, better tools to quantify air pollution from road transport are needed as it will make it easier to find appropriate measures to reduce those emissions.
The alliance has prepared the following manifesto with its proposals for the next EU policy cycle based on its vision, regrouping the most important measures that need to be taken by the next EU Commission in order to tackle air pollution from road transport.
To find out more, download the manifesto.
